June is the sixth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and one of the four months with a length of 30 days. June is the month with the longest daylight hours of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and the shortest daylight hours of the year in the Southern Hemisphere. June in the Northern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent to December in the Southern Hemisphere and vice versa. In the Northern hemisphere, the beginning of the meteorological summer is 1 June. In the Southern hemisphere, the beginning of the meteorological winter is 1 June.
June symbols: The birthstones of June are pearl, alexandrite and moonstone. The birth flower is rose. The zodiac signs for the month of June are Gemini (until June 20) and Cancer (June 21 onwards).
Historical Events for June, 1776
Day of Week 7th » Richard Henry Lee presents the "Lee Resolution" to the Continental Congress. The motion was seconded by John Adams and led to the United States Declaration of Independence.
Day of Week 8th » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Trois-Rivières United States or American attackers are driven back at Trois-Rivières, Quebec.
Day of Week 11th » The Continental Congress appoints Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston (chancellor) named Robert R. Livingston to the Committee of Five to draft a United States Declaration of Independence named declarat
Day of Week 12th » The Virginia Declaration of Rights is adopted.
Day of Week 15th » Delaware Separation Day: Delaware votes to suspend government under the Kingdom of Great Britain e.g British Crown and separate officially from Pennsylvania.
Day of Week 28th » Thomas Hickey (soldier) named Thomas Hickey, Continental Army private and bodyguard to General George Washington, is hanged for mutiny and sedition.
Day of Week 29th » First privateer battle of the American Revolutionary War fought at Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet known as Turtle Gut Inlet near Cape May, New Jersey
29th » Father Francisco Palou founds Mission San Francisco de Asis in what is now San Francisco, California.